The 2011 Northwest Territories general election, the 22nd in its history, took place on October 3, 2011. [1] Nineteen members were returned to the 17th Legislative Assembly from single member districts conducted under first-past-the-post voting system.
The 17th Northwest Territories Legislative Assembly was established by the results of the 2011 Northwest Territories general election on October 3, 2011. It is the 25th sitting of the Assembly in the territories history. The Assembly was dissolved in 2015.
The territory operates on a consensus government system with no political parties; the premier is subsequently chosen by and from the Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs).
A consensus government is one in which the cabinet is appointed by the legislature without reference to political parties. Consensus government chiefly arises in non-partisan democracies and similar systems in which a majority of politicians are independent. Many former British territories with large indigenous populations use consensus government to fuse traditional tribal leadership with the Westminster system. Consensus government in Canada is used in Northwest Territories, Nunavut, and Nunatsiavut, and similar systems have arisen in the Pacific island nations of Fiji, Tuvalu and Vanuatu, as well as the ancient Tynwald of the Isle of Man.
A political party is an organized group of people, often with common views, who come together to contest elections and hold power in the government. The party agrees on some proposed policies and programmes, with a view to promoting the collective good or furthering their supporters' interests.
A Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA), or a Member of the Legislature (ML), is a representative elected by the voters of a constituency to the legislature or legislative assembly of a sub-national jurisdiction.
Three incumbent MLAs faced no challengers and were acclaimed back into office in their districts. Five new MLAs were elected, although only one defeated an incumbent; all of the other four won in open seats where the incumbent MLA did not run for re-election.
An acclamation, in its most common sense, is a form of election that does not use a ballot. "Acclamation" or "acclamatio" can also signify a kind of ritual greeting and expression of approval in certain social contexts as in ancient Rome.
After the election the elected members of the Assembly will gather to choose the 12th Premier of the territories. Incumbent Premier Floyd Roland has chosen not to stand for re-election in his district. To date no Premier has served two full terms in the Northwest Territories since Frederick Haultain, who won his second term in 1902.
Floyd K. Roland, MLA is a politician from Northwest Territories, Canada. He was the 11th Premier of the Northwest Territories, having held office from October 17, 2007 to October 26, 2011.
Sir Frederick William Alpin Gordon Haultain was a lawyer and a long-serving Canadian politician and judge. His career in provincial and territorial legislatures stretched into four decades. He served as the first premier of the Northwest Territories from 1897 to 1905 as is recognized as having a significant contribution towards the creation of the provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan. From 1905 on he served as Leader of the Official Opposition in Saskatchewan as well as Leader of the Provincial Rights Party. His legislative career ended when he was appointed to the judiciary in 1912.
After the members of the legislature have elected the new Premier, the MLAs elect the cabinet ministers from the remaining Assembly members and the Premier then assigns portfolios to the new ministers. [2]
Election summary | # of candidates | Popular vote | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Incumbent | New | # | % | |
Elected candidates | 11 | 5 | 6,193 | 52.66% |
Acclaimed candidates | 3 | 0 | ||
Defeated candidates | 1 | 27 | 5,567 | 47.34% |
Total | 47 | 11,760 | 100% | |
Voter Turnout % | Rejected Ballots |
District | Winner | Second | Third | Fourth | Fifth | Incumbent |
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Deh Cho | Michael Nadli 394 | Michael McLeod 226 | Michael McLeod | |||
Frame Lake | Wendy Bisaro 328 | Duff Spence 240 | Bernard LeBlanc 30 | Wendy Bisaro | ||
Great Slave | Glen Abernethy 476 | Patrick Scott 266 | Glen Abernethy | |||
Hay River North | Robert Bouchard 363 | Roy Courtoreille 265 | Beatrice Lepine 133 | Paul Delorey † | ||
Hay River South | Jane Groenewegen 465 | Marc Miltenberger 339 | Jane Groenewegen | |||
Inuvik Boot Lake | Alfred Moses 216 | Chris Larocque 211 | Grant Gowans 63 | Paul Voudrach 18 | Floyd Roland † | |
Inuvik Twin Lakes | Robert McLeod Acclaimed | Robert McLeod | ||||
Kam Lake | Dave Ramsay 356 | Darwin Rudkevitch 118 | Victor Mercredi 45 | Bryan Sutherland 28 | Dave Ramsay | |
Mackenzie Delta | Frederick Blake, Jr. 190 | Taig Connell 150 | Eugene Pascal 127 | Mary Clark 89 | Glenna Hansen 66 | David Krutko† |
Monfwi | Jackson Lafferty 739 | Bertha Rabesca Zoe 600 | Jackson Lafferty | |||
Nahendeh | Kevin Menicoche 431 | Bertha Norwegian 127 | Kevin Menicoche | |||
Nunakput | Jackie Jacobson 312 | Eddie Dillon 199 | Jackie Jacobson | |||
Range Lake | Daryl Dolynny 277 | David Wasylciw 210 | Beaton Mackenzie 167 | Norman Smith 64 | Vacant | |
Sahtu | Norman Yakeleya 463 | Rocky Norwegian 312 | Norman Yakeleya | |||
Thebacha | Michael Miltenberger 526 | Peter Martselos 426 | Jeannie Marie-Jewell 263 | Michael Miltenberger | ||
Tu Nedhe | Tom Beaulieu Acclaimed | Tom Beaulieu | ||||
Weledeh | Bob Bromley 624 | Mark Bogan 79 | Bob Bromley | |||
Yellowknife Centre | Robert Hawkins 427 | Arlene Hache 312 | Robert Hawkins | |||
Yellowknife South | Bob McLeod Acclaimed | Bob McLeod |
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